Table 1.
Caregiver Demographic Characteristics by 6-item Food Security Status.
| Food Insecure N = 44 |
Food Secure N = 97 |
Total N = 141 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Caregiver Relationship | |||
| Mother | 38 (86.4%) | 77 (79.4%) | 115 (81.6%) |
| Father | 5 (11.3%) | 17 (17.5%) | 22 (15.6%) |
| Other | 1 (2.3%) | 3 (3.1%) | 4 (2.8%) |
| Caregiver Gender | |||
| Male | 6 (13.6%) | 20 (20.6%) | 26 (18.4%) |
| Female | 38 (86.4%) | 77 (79.4%) | 115 (81.6%) |
| Caregiver Age | |||
| < 30 | 5 (11.4%) | 13 (13.4%) | 18 (12.8%) |
| 30–39 | 22 (50.0%) | 41 (42.3%) | 63 (44.7%) |
| 40–49 | 13 (29.5%) | 32 (33.0%) | 45 (31.9%) |
| ≥ 50 | 3 (6.8%) | 11 (11.3%) | 14 (9.9%) |
| Missing | 1 (2.3%) | 0 | 1 (0.7%) |
| Caregiver Race | |||
| White | 29 (65.9%) | 60 (61.8%) | 89 (63.1%) |
| Asian | 1 (2.3%) | 15 (15.5%) | 16 (11.3%) |
| Other/Multiple | 11 (25.0%) | 18 (18.6%) | 29 (20.6%) |
| Missing | 3 (6.8%) | 4 (4.1%) | 7 (5.0%) |
| Caregiver Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 5 (11.4%) | 16 (16.5%) | 21 (14.9%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 38 (86.3%) | 78 (80.4%) | 116 (82.3%) |
| Missing | 1 (2.3%) | 3 (3.1%) | 4 (2.8%) |
| Caregiver Education | |||
| High school or less | 13 (29.5%) | 16 (16.5%) | 29 (20.6%) |
| College | 23 (52.3%) | 60 (61.8%) | 83 (58.9%) |
| Graduate School | 5 (11.4%) | 19 (19.6%) | 24 (17.0%) |
| Missing | 3 (6.8%) | 2 (2.1%) | 5 (5.5%) |
| Number of Adults in Household | |||
| 1 | 20 (45.4%) | 25 (25.8%) | 45 (31.9%) |
| 2 or more | 24 (54.6%) | 71 (73.2%) | 95 (67.4%) |
| Missing | 0 | 1 (1.0%) | 1 (0.7%) |
| Number of Children in Household | |||
| 1–2 | 10 (22.7%) | 23 (23.7%) | 33 (23.4%) |
| 3 | 20 (45.5%) | 43 (44.3%) | 63 (44.7%) |
| 4 | 8 (18.2%) | 17 (17.5%) | 25 (17.7%) |
| 5 or more | 6 (13.6%) | 14 (14.4%) | 20 (14.2%) |